Saturday, December 13, 2008

December 13: Gospel meeting at Lingu Church of Christ

Friends from different places and brethren in barangay Lingu gathered together in their humble meeting place with only one thing in mind, to listen to God's words and increase their faith. Your humble servant was requested to preach concerning "The church, the work of the church, and remaining faithful" while brother Rody Gumpad preached about "The Members of the Original Church of Christ and Know the Truth". Your humble servant explained about the importance of being added into the church that Christ built, that the true and only church was founded by Christ and not by men, and that inside the church of Christ is salvation. For us to be added to the church of our Lord Jesus Christ we must 1) Hear the gospel (Romans 10:17), 2) Believe (John 8:24; Hebrews 11:6), 3) Repent of our sins (Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19), 4) Confess (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32-33), and 5) be baptized (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27); these five steps were done by the 3,000 Jews that were baptized in Acts 2:41 and it is also in the same chapter that we read of the Lord adding to the church daily those who are being saved (Acts 2:47). Four (4) souls expressed their desire to be baptized for the remission of their sins. Since there is no available water around it was decided that we bring the 4 souls to Metro Tuguegarao church building and they were baptized in the baptistry.